Thank you, LWV It is essential in our representative form of democracy that we, the public, take an interest and participate in our own governance especially at the local level. I would like to thank the Benicia chapter of the League of Women Voters for organizing and presenting its 13th annual Meet Your Local Officials […]
League of Women Voters celebrates birthday
By League of Women Voters Benicia Feb. 14 is not just Valentine’s Day. It’s the birthday of the national League of Women Voters! Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt started the League on that day in 1920. She was instrumental in getting the 19th Amendment passed, which gave women in the United States the right to vote. […]